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Design of a window layer for flexible Cu(In,Ga)Se2 thin film solar cell devices

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 February 2011

Christian A. Kaufmann ,
Axel Neisser ,
Reiner Klenk ,
Roland Scheer  and
Hans-Werner Schock
Christian A. Kaufmann
Affiliation:
Hahn-Meitner-Institut Berlin, Glienicker Strasse 100, D-14109 Berlin, Germany
Axel Neisser
Affiliation:
Hahn-Meitner-Institut Berlin, Glienicker Strasse 100, D-14109 Berlin, Germany
Reiner Klenk
Affiliation:
Hahn-Meitner-Institut Berlin, Glienicker Strasse 100, D-14109 Berlin, Germany
Roland Scheer
Affiliation:
Hahn-Meitner-Institut Berlin, Glienicker Strasse 100, D-14109 Berlin, Germany
Hans-Werner Schock
Affiliation:
Hahn-Meitner-Institut Berlin, Glienicker Strasse 100, D-14109 Berlin, Germany
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Abstract

For laboratory scale devices the transfer of the Cu(In,Ga)Se2 (CIGSe) thin film technology from a rigid float glass substrate to flexible titanium foil is achieved. Here we will highlight the effect of the rough, flexible substrate on the electrical and optical characteristics of the transparent window layers of such devices. The roughness of the substrate may give rise to changes in sheet resistance of the transparent front contact and in the reflectivity of the completed device. However, the devices deposited onto the kind of titanium foil substrate used in this work are smooth enough not to affect the sheet resistance; nevertheless optical effects are enough to affect the process window for an antireflective coating. With the use of an antireflective coating, a maximum efficiency of 17.4% could be reached for 0.5 cm2 area devices on glass.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 865: Symposium F – Thin-Film Compound Semiconductor Photovoltaics , 2005 , F7.5
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2005

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